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• MOPA "Opening Doors" Conference

  • Start
    June 20, 2025
  • End
    June 21, 2025
  • Location
    University of Missouri–Kansas City (UMKC)

  
  

  The Kansas Psychological Association is excited to announce a special collaboration with the Missouri Psychological Association for the 2025 "Opening Doors" Conference, taking place June 20–21, 2025, at the University of Missouri–Kansas City (UMKC).

  Registration is open: www.mopaonline.org/mopa2025

  This two-day event is designed to foster connection, insight, and inspiration as we explore what it means to truly open doors—for our clients, our communities, and to the future of our profession.

  What to Expect:

  • Dynamic Speakers & Breakout Sessions- Covering critical and timely topics including addiction treatment, managing treatment resistance, RxP, loneliness, advocacy strategies, cultural responsiveness and more!

  • Keynote Dr. Arthur Evans will be speaking on critical and vital topics you may never have heard him address publicly --- how APA services may be effected by APA's new reorganization, what challenges and opportunities our new shifting political environment means for psychologists. He will also be part of a panel to discuss the future of psychology, including how to best protect the doctoral degree. Share your opinion at the Conference!
    
    
  • Networking Opportunities- Connect with psychologists and behavioral health professionals from across Kansas and Missouri during dedicated social events, meals, and informal gatherings. Also meet with on-site sponsors and potential employers.

  • Student Engagement & Support- We’re investing in the next generation with special programming, mentorship opportunities, and student-focused pricing to make this a welcoming and accessible event for all.

  Why Attend?

  Whether you’re looking to sharpen your skills, meet new colleagues, or reignite your passion for the field, this conference is built to help you walk away energized and equipped.

  Stay tuned—registration is open at: www.mopaonline.org/mopa2025

  We hope to see you in Kansas City as we open new doors together.

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• Sequence XV: Risky Business: The Ethics and Risk Management of High Risk Circumstances in Clinical Practice

  • When
    July 18, 2025
  •  
    9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
  • Location
    Zoom

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  Sequence XV: Risky Business: The Ethics and Risk Management of High Risk Circumstances in Clinical Practice

  Presented by Dr. Leisl M. Bryant

  • 6 Ethics Continuing Education Credits
  • 15% on your Trust Sponsored Professional Liability Policy premium (for 2 consecutive years at policy renewal).

  9am-4pm (breaks included)

  Workshop Description

  For over two decades, Th e Trust has worked to educate and support psychologists in improving their ethics and risk management skills and strategies by providing live workshops, webinars, risk management consultations, and expanding resources. Th is 15th Workshop in our Sequence series continues to emphasize applied, integrated and strategic methods to help you stay grounded in ethical principles and practices, and to protect you from adverse disciplinary and legal actions. Psychologists routinely encounter complex, high-stakes situations that require sound clinical judgment, ethical decision-making, and proactive risk management. Th is advanced workshop provides a deep dive into five of the most legally and ethically challenging areas of practice: compassionate and competent treatment of suicidal patients while balancing clinical and liability concerns, navigating the complexities of duty to protect obligations, working effectively with high-conflict families, managing subpoenas and courtroom testimony, and ensuring a legally and ethically sound termination of treatment. This day-long workshop will provide actionable strategies to mitigate risk, protect clients and practice, and enhance confidence in addressing these critical issues. Th is seminar is a key training for psychologists seeking to strengthen their ethical competence and safeguard their professional integrity in today’s increasingly complex clinical landscape.

  * This course will not fulfill requirements of all jurisdictions. It is important that potential participants review their respective state licensing board requirements prior to registering for this workshop.

  Objectives
  

  • Describe five principles that can assist in improving ethical, clinical and risk management judgements and decision-making.
  • List three erroneous myths regarding patients/clients who become suicidal
  • Name three clinical and risk management steps to address imminent suicidality
  • Define three elements of meeting standards of care related to the duty to protect
  • Identify four dimensions of responding effectively to subpoenas for testimony and records
  • Summarize four essential ethical and risk-management steps in clinician-initiated endings of care

  

  About the Presenter- Leisl M. Bryant, Ph.D., ABPP

  Dr. Bryant is a licensed New Hampshire and Massachusetts-based clinical and forensic psychologist, with board certifi cation in Forensic Psychology by the American Board of Professional Psychology. She received her B.A. from the University of West Florida, her M.A. and Ph.D. in clinical psychology from Duquesne University, and completed a forensic postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Massachusetts Medical School Law and Psychiatry Program.

  Working in both criminal and civil arenas, Dr. Bryant has maintained a private practice in clinical and forensic psychology for nearly two decades and has provided psychological services in a variety of forensic and therapeutic settings.

  Dr. Bryant is a Fellow with the American Academy of Forensic Psychology, and formerly served as President and Executive Director of the New Hampshire Psychological Association (NHPA). She also served on the NHPA Ethics Committee for over ten years, received the Margaret M. Riggs Award for Distinguished Contribution to Psychology in the State of New Hampshire, and was awarded the Karl F. Heiser APA Presidential Award for Advocacy. Dr. Bryant brings extensive experience in forensic, clinical, and ethical consultation, academic instruction, and professional presentation to her role on the risk management team.

  

  Continuing Education Credits

  Sequence XV: Risky Business: The Ethics and Risk Management of High Risk Circumstances in Clinical Practice is sponsored by The Trust. The Trust is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. The Trust maintains responsibility for this program and its content.

  IMPORTANT NOTICE: Please note that APA CE rules require that we only give credit to those who attend the entire workshop. Those arriving more than 15 minutes after the scheduled start time or leaving before the workshop is completed will not receive CE credits and will not be eligible for the 15% premium discount described below.

  Eligibility for Insurance Premium Discounts

  Workshop completion earns 6 CE credits and eligibility to receive a 15% premium discount on your Trust Sponsored Professional Liability Insurance for your next 2 consecutive policy periods. To obtain CE discounts, submit CE certification from an organization approved by APA to offer CE credit (must have been completed within the previous 15 months) with the insurance application. Discounts cannot be combined and are not applicable to Researcher/Academician or Student policies. Group policies become eligible for the CE discount when at least 50% of those insured under the group policy submit CE certification. All applications are individually underwritten and submission of CE certification will not guarantee insurance policy issuance or renewal.

  

  Continuing Education Grievance Policy

  The Trust is fully committed to conducting all activities in strict conformance with the American Psychological Association’s Ethical Principles of Psychologists. The Trust will comply with all legal and ethical guidelines for non-discrimination in promotional activities, program content and in the treatment of CE participants. The Trust CE Director is responsible for complying with these standards. While the Trust strives to assure fair treatment for all participants and to anticipate problems before they occur, occasionally grievances may be filed. In cases where a participant files a written or oral grievance, the following actions are taken:

  If the grievance concerns the content of the workshop, webinar, book, or the continuing education test, a Trust representative will immediate and will be the final arbitrator. If the participant requests action, the CE Director or a Trust representative will either provide a credit for a subsequent CE offering or provide a partial or full refund of the CE fee already paid.

  Actions involving a credit or a refund will require a written note documenting the grievance for record-keeping purposes. The aggrieved individual need not sign the note. If the grievance specifically concerns The Trust, the CE Director or Trust representative will attempt to arbitrate.

  Direct correspondence to:

  Continuing Education
  The Trust
  111 Rockville Pike, Suite 700
  Rockville, MD 20850
  Phone: (800) 477-1200
  Email: grievances@trustinsurance.com

  Target Audience:

  The Trust’s workshops and webinars are appropriate primarily for psychologists and psychology students, but may also be useful to other related behavioral health practitioners. The Workshop is designed for an intermediate level.

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